As a teen with this app
Many teens review this app to complain about their privacy being violated by their parents. I’m not here to do that. I’m glad my parents care about my safety, and it honestly hasn’t changed our relationship like some others. I don’t mind giving up some privacy in exchange for safety. What I dont appreciate however is the insane amount of glitches when connected to the “bark box.” When at home, the amazing wifi my family pays extra for just does not work on a phone connected to barks system. Apps don’t work even when my parents have no restrictions set in place, i can’t open photos anybody sends me, and I have to reset my phone everyday just for a few minutes of working internet. Like I said, my parents have no time restrictions on my apps, it’s just my phone being extremely slow because of the bark app. My parents have expressed how frustrated it makes them multiple times to bark representatives, and they have not given us a solid answer other than “reset the phone” which only works around 4/10 times…very disappointing and irritating for both me and my parents.
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RKRylee knaub
It is bad
It is terrible
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not smart
this app said that a livestream on youtube from my CHURCH was violent and got flagged. it was about the fruits of repentance and said something about how they killed someone. it was a church service. why can i not watch church.
Aannaaaaaacs
Truly awful
Bark’s ability to understand the context of absolutely ANY text conversation is truly terrible. They’re obviously keying off keywords only. Zero contextual understanding. Same for videos. Kids at a school dance? Sexual content. And bullying. Contact name of “Momma,” obviously a risky contact according to Bark. “Does this boy like me?” Well again that’s obviously bullying. Someone have a headache and mentioned in a text? Call 911 people. It’s medically concerning high alert. Even if all that wasn’t a problem, the laptop and phone agent almost never sync when on the same network. You have to plug the phone in for at least 45 min to do the analysis. If you ever want it. Horrendous app.
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NNoBarkForMe
Bark is my hero
Bark may have just prevented me from loosing my daughter to self harm. It is a normal Friday night and I’m used to seeing alerts from bark about her YouTube subscriptions and Spotify music but when I got the notification (urgent alert) and saw images of self harm it gave my wife and I a chance to intervene in a situation we may have been otherwise unaware of. I will suggest bark to other parents with my last breath.
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